I&P Flashcards
The concept of “mind-mindedness” describes a:
a) caregiver’s behaviour in shaping young children’s early attempts at language production
b) caregiver’s tendency to treat their children as individuals with minds of their own
c) young child’s ability to understand the emotional state of other children
d) young child’s preference in socialising with similar age peers
Caregiver’s tendency to treat their children as individuals with minds of their own
Reviews of research into gender differences in psychological abilities find consistent differences only in:
a) maths performance
b) physical aggression
c) verbal performance
d) visuo-spatial performance
Visuo-spatial performance
In children’s speech production, “No bed” is an example of:
a) a compound sentence
b) babbling
c) egocentric speech
d) telegraphic speech
Telegraphic speech
a) compound sentence: a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction
b) babbling: speaking in incomprehensible way
c) egocentric: the act of a child talking to himself or herself, usually through an event or activity, related to the egocentric stage of development, in which children can’t understand the experiences, feelings, and thoughts of their peers.
d) telegraphic: is speech during the two-word stage of language acquisition in children
When the world is viewed at a distance one object may overlap another, producing a perceptual distance cue called
a) binocular disparity
b) interposition
c) relative size
d) shading
Interposition
a) binocular disparity: refers to the difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes, resulting from the eyes’ horizontal separation (parallax). The brain uses binocular disparity to extract depth information from the two-dimensional retinal images
b) ??
Gopal has been assessed as having insomnia. Which of the following is characteristic of this sleep disorder?
a) cataplexy
b) frequent waking in night
c) lucid dreaming
d) rapid sleep onset
Frequent waking in the night
a) cataplexy: a medical condition in which strong emotion or laughter causes a person to suffer sudden physical collapse though remaining conscious.
c) lucid dreaming: a dream during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming.
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Which of the following is also known as autobiographical memory?
a) Echoic memory
b) Episodic memory
c) Procedural memory
d) Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Autobiographical memory is a memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual’s life
a) echoic: the sensory memory that register specific to auditory information (sounds). Once an auditory stimulus is heard, it is stored in memory so that it can be processed and understood. e.g. the spoken language
b) episodic: a category of long-term memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations, and experiences
c) procedural: a part of the long-term memory that is responsible for knowing how to do things, also known as motor skills. As the name implies, procedural memory stores information on how to perform certain procedures, such as walking, talking and riding a bike
d) semantic: a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience (general knowledge). Semantic memory includes things that are common knowledge, such as the names of colors, the sounds of letters, the capitals of countries and other basic facts acquired over a lifetime
In classical or Pavlovian conditioning, salivation can become associated with the ringing of a bell. After conditioning, this salivation, produced in the absence of food, is described as the:
Conditioned response
Which of the following is a standardised paediatric assessment of pain?
a) faces pain scale
b) McGill pain questionnaire
c) pain thermometer
d) visual analogue rating scale
Faces pain scale
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In the area of stress, individuals with a Type A behaviour pattern differ from those who are Type B by:
a) being better able to engage in lifestyle interventions to reduce stress
b) being more at risk of having a heart attack
c) being protected from having a heart attack
d) using better coping strategies
Being more at risk of having a heart attack
In studies of group influence, ‘group polarisation’ refers to the observation that group discussion:
a) increases number of ideas generated
b) reduces quality of ideas generated
c) strengthens the average attitude of individual group members
d) weakens the average attitude of individual group members
Strengthens the average attitude of individual group members
In social psychology, group polarisation refers to the tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.
The antenatal clinic at a local hospital does not have a wheelchair ramp, only steps up to the entrance. According to the social model of disability this disables pregnant women who use a wheelchair and is an example of:
a) attitudinal barrier
b) environmental barrier
c) organisational barrier
d) practical barrier
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“A condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.” This is a definition of:
Absolute poverty
A teenage girl is receiving rehabilitation therapy after having her leg amputated following an accident. Who is best placed to rate the impact of treatment on her health-related quality of life? The:
a) doctor
b) girl
c) nurse helping girl adapt in home
d) parents
Girl having the treatment
Which decision theory is used as the ideal of how people make accurate choices?
a) dual process theory
b) expected utility theory
c) theory of bounded rationality
d) theory of planned behaviour
Theory of bounded rationality
a) dual process: the conflict between two types of cognitive processes can explain the majority of human decision-making patterns i.e. thought can arise in 2 different ways. System 1 (unconscious, gut feeling) and system 2 (conscious, weighing up options)
b) expected utility theory: deals with the analysis of situations where individuals must make a decision without knowing which outcomes may result from that decision, this is, decision making under uncertainty. Mathematical equation that links choice with values, probability of each option.
c) theory of bounded rationality: less effortful as people don’t have capacity for EUT
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“Symptom perception” is a key part of which framework explaining people’s response to illness?
a) Beliefs about medicine model (Horne)
b) Illness representation theory (Leventhal)
c) Sick role theory (Parsons)
d) Theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen)
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